Blogs from Duck Key, Florida, United States, North America

Last year in Cabo, we tried a little fishing for Marlin and Sailfish, which was a total bust, but that's to be expected in big game fishing. So, this time we booked a 1/2 day fishing charter with the goal of "action" fishing. We didn't care about really big fish, we just wanted to catch something since neither of us had done much fishing in our lives. We were hoping to catch something we could have cooked for our dinner at a restaurant. So we booked a relatively small boat, the Eagle Eye, a 26 foot boat, manned by Capt. Jim Perry. He was a real nice guy, except for the fact that he was a Cub fan. Growing up in Marathon, he watched the Cubs on WGN since he was a kid. He has my ... read more

March 16, Day 9 Tavernier Key to Duck Key 25 miles Last night was a little bumpy on the hook. This morning it was blowing about 30 mph in the harbor where we were anchored. We survived and at 9:00AM motored to the fuel dock and tied up. Since the Marina was closed we hauled our 6 gal fuel container to the nearest gas station. Of course that station was also closed and didn’t appear to be opening soon. Since the wind was blowing in the right direction at less velocity we decided to just sail until we found a marina with a fuel pump. We figured we had enough fuel for a few hours of motoring. We had a wonderful sail and crossed under highway US 1 and were now sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. ... read more